The lyrics “I read the news today, oh boy…” from A Day in the Life by The Beatles rings in my head while the melody weighs on my heart. It happens to be how I feel about the news today, which felt notably bleak. With 100,000 U.S. deaths and everything else touting the absurdities of society, I should have stayed away.
But in fact I had a good day. I was productive, had meaningful exchanges in the form of conversations, and made it up surrounding hills and back on a great bike ride. I am reminded once again to not check the news so much.
After all, no news is not so bad, or too much of a good thing is no good. Better still, as Mark Twain supposedly said, “Too much of anything is bad, but too much good whiskey is barely enough.”